BMC election 2017: Mumbai records 55% voting, highest in 25 years

While several parties are in the fray, real fight is between Shiv Sena and BJP, who've parted ways

Mumbai recorded a 55 per cent turnout in polling for the 227 member BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday, the highest in the past 25 years. There are in all 2,275 candidates in the fray. The BMC polls are being dubbed a 'mini assembly' election and are being seen as a referendum on Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The counting is slated for February 23.

Shiv Sena, BJP, Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Samajwadi Party, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) are the key parties contesting the BMC elections.

However, the contest is really a fight